GONZALEZ@BBNV8.ARPA (01/16/86)
When I was younger, there was a book published in my town that listed people by their name and address, and included their occupation, employer, and phone number. Many of the adjacent towns had similar books, all published by one company. Understandably, this book is no longer available to the general public, since it gave a lot of information that people in urban areas don't want floating around. The reason I thought of this was that the last volumes were printed back in the days of named exchanges. Everyone's heard of "PEnnsylvania 6-5000" (736-5000), and New Yorkers may remember MUrray Hill 8 (688-XXXX), which was for another hotel. In my home town, there was PIlgrim 8 (748-XXX). In Plymouth, MA, there was PIlgrim 4 (744-XXXX). My home town, however, is several hundred miles south of Pilgrim country, however, so I believe that exchange names were the same throughout the country. What I'd like to know is what exchange names people remember. I'm afraid I've named the only ones I can recall. -Jim. "Remember when Cap'n Crunch was a cereal?" ------